Suit-hanger.



J. B. STAADBKBR.

SUIT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.4,1U12.

' Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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TTun sTnTus raTnnT oTTTon .IEROME B. STAABEKEE. OF LOUSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SUIT-HANGER.

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Application ed September 4, 1912. Serial No. 718,499.

of the class described which, when not in a hanging position, is adapted to be .placed together Vwith n number oi other suit hangers of similar' construction, in the tray or body of an ordinary trunk, the frame of the device bein such that'the hanger will t snugly within the tray or body of the trunk, being/incapable of moving about therein during transportation.

A. further object ol the invention is to provide a suit hanger which is perfectly dat,

so that any number of hangers may be placed one upon the other, either with or Without a pair of trousers appliedv thereto. The hanger also embodies a foldable suspending hook which. is adapted to be held fwithin the outer contines of the hanger, so as not to interfere with placing the saune within the tray of a trunk or removinglhe same therefrom.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the construction, combinntionland arrangement of parte, as will be hereinafter more ullydescribed,

lillustrated in the accompanying-drawings,

and pointed o ut in the'clairn hereunto appended. 4

In the drawings: Figure 1 iss plan 'View of asuit hanger, showinga pair of trousers held thereby. Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal section on the line 9-2 of Fig. 1. "Fig 3 isa cross section on the line 3-3 of Figui.

The suit henger contemgplated intliis irl vention comprises a dat ironie which may be constructed of any suitable materiel, such es Wood or metal. This'frame comprises the Voppofsitely located substantially parallel side bars 1 `and 2, and the end cross oars 3 and e, which, it will be noted, extend 'ata their 'extremities beyond the outer edges or pecication of Letters Estant.

` clamping bar ES, one end of ivi. ich is .zzedly their ends extended iframe, and a ri Patented Mar, 2, Tl.

the side, bars land 2, so as to adapt the i i frame as a whole to fit snugly in e trunk tray orin the body of the trunk itself, the bars' 3 and 4 bjeing made or a length equal to the internal width of the tray or trunk, while the length of the bers l and i?, is equal to the internal length oi' the trunlr. The end cross bar 3 forinsn @ont henger, when the@ device as a whole is suspended..

ln addition to the side und end. bars, here e0 inabove describei'saiitaiile cross lei-aces 5 and 6 muy be employed to give additional strength to the fnme, seid cross braces lying in the seine 'common plane with the side and end. liars.

At or near oneend of the frame, there is arranged an intermediate cross bei T, and lying in parallel relation and close prei:- imity to the intermediate secured to' the frame, :it 9, While 'the other' end is adapted to have aclnmping loop l),

slipped over the seme, said clamping loopl also embracing-the intermediate cross' ber 7.

The trousers are placed between the bars 7 7 and 8, end. clamped by the icoplO. Cou nected to the center of the toplend bar 3 is a suspending hook l1, having a lon f shank 12, rr'ninating at its lower end in e s ioulder 13 which prevents the hooi: from escaping in an upward direction. The 'top edge of the bar is recessed, es shown at ill, to form e socket, into which the hooi: lproper may be drawn by sliding the shank downwardly.. This houses the suspending hook entirely Within. the outer contines of the frame, so that it will not interfere with the placing of the trousers stretcher in a tray or trunk.

When liangixigjup the top cross ber 3 is designed to support a coat in addition to the trousers which are supported by the cross bar 'i'.

l/Vhat ie claimed' is:m

A. garment hanger comprising a. flut freine 'having 4en intermediate trousers suite `porting' portion, a pair of end bars of the seme relative length, the said bers' having beyond the sidee'of the D d bar efteuded its ende cross ber Z is e "T0 cursed toet` supporting.

the frame and asoxtended directly' into In testimony wieoflix my signature the adjacent end bar, 'ehe extension of the in pi'esence of two Wtnessi;M` v

said end bars beyond thesides of the frame being adapted to/permit the sides ofthe 5 coatto be arranged Wholy within the plane Witnesses:

of the endsy of said-bar when the coat is JOSEP-: LEHLAN,

la position upon the frame. 0mm P. CONRAD. 

